Written by: Susan Neuberger Weller A federal jury in New York has found Agence France-Presse and Getty Images Inc. willful in their infringement of Daniel Morel’s copyrights in eight photographs of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and ordered them to pay damages of $1.2 million. The court had already found AFP liable for direct copyright infringement… Continue Reading

Written by: Susan Neuberger Weller The Tenebaum copyright infringement file sharing case, about which we first reported in an earlier blog, reached another milestone this week when the First Circuit upheld the jury’s $675, 000 damages award. Tenenbaum had been found liable for illegally downloading 30 songs and a jury awarded statutory damages of $22,… Continue Reading

Written by Susan Neuberger Weller As you may recall, we asked the question in a recent blog post “Are You Willing to Pay $22,500 to Download A Song? “ Well, we now ask “Are you willing to pay $9250 to download a song?”

Written by Susan Neuberger Weller Following up on my post on the subject, I had the opportunity to speak with Colin O’Keefe of LXBN regarding Song BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum. In the brief interview, I explain the background of the case and why Tenenbaum ended up being ordered to pay such a hefty price for… Continue Reading

Written by Susan Neuberger Weller The August 23, 2012 decision in Song BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, the most recent in this extended litigation, leaves no doubt that individuals who download music and distribute it without proper authorization through peer-to-peer file sharing sites are subject to liability for copyright infringement and payment of substantial statutory damages for… Continue Reading